U.S. Department ofTransportation Office of the Secretary ofTransportation



### AUG 2 7 ?G':fi Mr. Frank 

### L. Wilcox Executive Director Monroe Housing Authority 300 Harrison Street Monroe, LA 71201 Dear Mr. Wilcox: Assistant Secretary 1200 New Jersey Avenue. SE Washington, DC 20590

Thank youfor your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submittedby the Monroe Regional Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that Irespond to you on his behalf. 'D1e Small CommunityAir Service Development Program was established to lwlp smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and insufficient service. Under the statute, the Departmentmay make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the san1e State. To provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofair service development projects that can be funded. OnJune 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grantrequests are pendingbefore the Department, 1cannot comment on the merits ofany particularproposal. l assure you, however, that the Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals thathave been properly filed. As is our standard practice, I amplacing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours,

Susan 

### L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs300 Harrison Street Monroe, LA 71201 318-388-1500 Fronkl.**W~cox.** Exac. Director Joe Fcrr.. Chairman Hal Hinchllfle. Vfce Chairman Ro,Ue Jackson Josoph**Mi~or,** Jr. Henry BOt!ner, Jr. July 28, 2014

The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx Secretary U.S. Depattment ofTransportation Washington, D. C. Subject: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding underthe Small CommunityAir Service Development Program for 2014 · Dear Secretary Foxx: I am writing to express my strong support for the applications submitted by the Monroe Regional Airport in Louisiana, for funding underthe Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). The Monroe Regional Airport has submitted this application to help secure low-cost, non-stopjet service to one ormore major destinations for Northeastem Louisiana, SouthemArkansas, and WestemMississippi. As you know, the Monroeregional Airport is animportant local and regional community economic engine 

### in Louisiana. Federal funding underThe Small Community Air Service DevelopmentProgram will go a long way in helping expandjet service to more destinations inthe United States from the Monroe Regional Airport such as a newroute from Monroe to Denver. Once again, I supp011 the Monroe regional airports application under the smaH community air service developmentprogram. I respectfully request yourfull and fair consideration for this proposal. Thankyou. Sincerely,

# ~~t__)~ Frank L. Wilcox Executive Director